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Tajikistan flood death toll rises to 21, dozens missing: officialDushanbe (AFP) May 8, 2010 The death toll from flooding and mudslides that swamped homes in Tajikistan has risen to 21, including 10 children, with around 1,500 homes damaged, an emergency official said Saturday. The deaths and destruction in the impoverished Central Asian state followed heavy downpours on Friday in the southeast of the mountainous country, emergency services spokesman Distmurod Zabirov told AFP. Fourteen people died in flooding in the worst affected town of Kilyab, some 220 kilometres (130 miles) southea ... read more |
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Madison WI (SPX) May 05, 2010Large amounts of nitrogen are stored in the soils of agricultural areas in Nebraska and Maryland, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Once in the soil, nitrogen can be converted to nitrate, which can readily move to groundwater. "We expected to find nitrogen stored in organic matter in these soils, but didn't realize ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2010The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this image of the growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on May 1, 2010. On April 20, 2010, an explosion destroyed the Deepwater Horizon oil platform operating in the Gulf of Mexico 80 kilometers (50 miles) offshore, resulting in substantial loss of life and releasing ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2010Using DNA samples and images from Earth-orbiting satellites, conservationists from Columbia University, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and Fundacion AquaMarina, are gathering new insights about the franciscana-a poorly known coastal dolphin species of eastern South America-in an effort to understand populations and conserve them. The study, one o ... more |
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NASA Satellite Imagery Keeping Eye On Gulf Oil SpillWashington DC (SPX) May 03, 2010 NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites are helping the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) keep tabs on the extent of the recent Gulf oil spill with satellite images from time to time. NOAA is the lead agency on oil spills and uses airplane fly-overs to assess oil spill extent. A semisubmersible drilling platform called the Deepwater Horizon located about 50 miles southeast of the Mississippi Delta experienced a fire and explosion at approximately 11 p.m. CDT on April 20. Subsequently ... read more |
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